The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts has kicked off its awards ceremonies to honour the best in local film ...

Bonobo apes are very similar to the more widely recognized chimpanzees—a smaller species of ape native to the Congo region of ...

In this week's science roundup from Short Wave, we discuss "chirps" of radiation from space, contagious urination among chimps, and the meltiness of vegan cheese.

Language is often thought to be a uniquely human trait, but deep in the lush Kibale National Park in Uganda, a remarkable pair of chimpanzees are challenging that notion. Beryl, a chimpanzee ...

In one of the easiest ways to fake it 'til you make it, you can trick your brain into not being so sad by smiling more — really! The catch? You have to smile like you mean it, rather than ...

While every aminal needs to relieve itself, new research shows that chimpanzees, who share 98 percent of their DNA with humans, intentionally pee in groups. Scientists are now trying to establish ...

The same is true of Beryl, a chimpanzee living in Kibale National Park, in Uganda, and her young daughter, Lindsay. When Lindsay wants to climb on her mother’s back and travel, she puts one hand ...

Scientists suggest captive chimpanzees engage in ‘socially contagious urination’—that is, when one primate starts peeing, others quickly follow suit Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent A new ...

In a new paper in the journal Current Biology, scientists report socially contagious urination in chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, as measured through all-occurrence recording of 20 captive ...

Now, scientists have discovered this isn’t just a human quirk – our closest animal relatives, chimpanzees, demonstrate the same behavior in a way that reveals surprising insights about social dynamics ...

Sebastian Fundora (21-1-1, 13 KOs) is finalizing a fight for his next defense of his WBC/WBO 154-lb titles against Chordale Booker (23-1, 11 KOs) for March to be shown on Prime Video in Las Vegas.

Hate waiting in line for the bathroom? Chimpanzees have a social solution: Go all at once. A new study shows that peeing is contagious in chimpanzees, making it “the first study to investigate ...